The Julius Nyerere Scholarship opens for applications for qualified Tanzanian students in the University of Edinburg, UK 2015/2016 academic session. This was set up in 2009 in memory of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere who led Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and became the first prime minister and later president of Tanzania. Nyerere received a scholarship in 1949 to attend the University of Edinburg where he obtained a Master of Arts degree that saw him study courses in English, Political Economy, Social Anthropology, British History, Economy History, Constitutional Law, and Moral Philosophy.
The University of Edinburg will offer one scholarship to a student from Tanzania for postgraduate Master’s study in any subject offered by the University for the 2015-2016 academic session
WORTH
- All overseas tuition fee covered
- Takes care of living cost
- Return flight from Tanzania to UK
ELIGIBILITY
- Tanzanian citizen resident in Tanzania who is accepted for admission on a full-time basis for a post-graduate Master’s programme of study at the University of Edinburg
- Applicants who already hold a degree from outside Tanzania will not be considered
- Applicants should already have been offered a place at the university of Edinburg and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.
DEADLINE: 1st April, 2015
To apply and for more information visit here
